Firearms Amendment Regulations 2013 (TAS)

Firearms Amendment Regulations 2013

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Firearms Act 1996 .29 April 2013

PETER G. UNDERWOOD

Governor

By His Excellency’s Command,

D. J. O’BYRNE

Minister for Police and Emergency Management

1Short titleThese regulations may be cited as the Firearms Amendment Regulations 2013 . 2CommencementThese regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette. 3Principal RegulationsIn these regulations, the Firearms Regulations 2006 are referred to as the Principal Regulations. 4Regulation 5B insertedAfter regulation 5A of the Principal Regulations , the following regulation is inserted: 5BPrescribed ammunition (1)  For paragraph (e) of the definition of ammunition in section 3 of the Act, a seal control cap is a prescribed article. (2)  In this regulation – seal control cap means a projectile that – (a) has a percussion cap; and (b) is loaded with powder; and (c) is designed to ignite and burst apart upon impact.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 8 May 2013

These regulations are administered in the Department of Police and Emergency Management.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation) These regulations amend the